Comments on: Festooning The Tree Of Life http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/07/17/festooning-the-tree-of-life/ Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:13:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Microbes swap genes to communicate; we have the option to swap MEMEs to Communicate « Think Different http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/07/17/festooning-the-tree-of-life/#comment-8140 Microbes swap genes to communicate; we have the option to swap MEMEs to Communicate « Think Different Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:55:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/07/17/festooning-the-tree-of-life/#comment-8140 [...] New research from biology tells us that microbes can actually swap genes in order to communicate with each other. We as humans have the option to swap memes. Amplify’d from unlocktao.com [...] [...] New research from biology tells us that microbes can actually swap genes in order to communicate with each other. We as humans have the option to swap memes. Amplify’d from unlocktao.com [...]

]]> By: To the Tips of its Roots « Unlocking The Tao http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/07/17/festooning-the-tree-of-life/#comment-8139 To the Tips of its Roots « Unlocking The Tao Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:11:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/07/17/festooning-the-tree-of-life/#comment-8139 [...] Microbes swap pieces of their DNA to communicate their behavior. This lateral gene transfer is so commonplace biologists no longer regard microbes as truly possessed of an attribute of species. Even single communities of bacteria like E. Coli display enormous genetic diversity, any 2 individuals differing by as much as 40% of their genome. And lateral gene transfer isn’t limited to microbes. Their genes jump to the genomes of multi-celled forms, including humans. Mycelium underfoot [...] [...] Microbes swap pieces of their DNA to communicate their behavior. This lateral gene transfer is so commonplace biologists no longer regard microbes as truly possessed of an attribute of species. Even single communities of bacteria like E. Coli display enormous genetic diversity, any 2 individuals differing by as much as 40% of their genome. And lateral gene transfer isn’t limited to microbes. Their genes jump to the genomes of multi-celled forms, including humans. Mycelium underfoot [...]

]]> By: Lao Tzu Chapter 1 « Unlocking The Tao http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/07/17/festooning-the-tree-of-life/#comment-8138 Lao Tzu Chapter 1 « Unlocking The Tao Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:14:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/07/17/festooning-the-tree-of-life/#comment-8138 [...] Microbes swap pieces of their DNA to communicate their behavior. This lateral gene transfer is so commonplace biologists no longer regard microbes as truly possessed of an attribute of species. Even commonplace bacteria like E. Coli display enormous genetic diversity, any 2 individuals differing by as much as 40% of their genome. Lateral gene transfer isn’t even limited to prokaryotes – the microbial genes jump into the genomes of multi-celled forms, including humans. Romanesco Broccoli [...] [...] Microbes swap pieces of their DNA to communicate their behavior. This lateral gene transfer is so commonplace biologists no longer regard microbes as truly possessed of an attribute of species. Even commonplace bacteria like E. Coli display enormous genetic diversity, any 2 individuals differing by as much as 40% of their genome. Lateral gene transfer isn’t even limited to prokaryotes – the microbial genes jump into the genomes of multi-celled forms, including humans. Romanesco Broccoli [...]

]]> By: The Language Tree « Thoughtomics http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/07/17/festooning-the-tree-of-life/#comment-8137 The Language Tree « Thoughtomics Sun, 02 Jan 2011 17:04:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/07/17/festooning-the-tree-of-life/#comment-8137 [...] flows of genes during evolution. While Dagan and colleagues initially made these networks to map gene transfer in bacteria, they have recently applied the same method to see how the borrowing of words affects [...] [...] flows of genes during evolution. While Dagan and colleagues initially made these networks to map gene transfer in bacteria, they have recently applied the same method to see how the borrowing of words affects [...]

]]> By: Testing common ancestry to all modern-day life | Code for Life http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/07/17/festooning-the-tree-of-life/#comment-8136 Testing common ancestry to all modern-day life | Code for Life Fri, 14 May 2010 10:27:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/07/17/festooning-the-tree-of-life/#comment-8136 [...] the last few years* in particular there has been a lot of commentary that horizontal transfer (HGT) present in bacterial species may indicate that present-day life may [...] [...] the last few years* in particular there has been a lot of commentary that horizontal transfer (HGT) present in bacterial species may indicate that present-day life may [...]

]]> By: Yet-Another-Genome Syndrome | The Loom | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/07/17/festooning-the-tree-of-life/#comment-8135 Yet-Another-Genome Syndrome | The Loom | Discover Magazine Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:15:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/07/17/festooning-the-tree-of-life/#comment-8135 [...] of life. Thanks to the hundreds of genomes of microbes scientists can now compare, for example, they can see how the history of life is, in some ways, more like a web than a tree. Insights like these are newsworthy. The sequencing of those genomes, on its own, is [...] [...] of life. Thanks to the hundreds of genomes of microbes scientists can now compare, for example, they can see how the history of life is, in some ways, more like a web than a tree. Insights like these are newsworthy. The sequencing of those genomes, on its own, is [...]

]]> By: Introducing The Quark, A Prize For Science Blogs | The Loom | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/07/17/festooning-the-tree-of-life/#comment-8134 Introducing The Quark, A Prize For Science Blogs | The Loom | Discover Magazine Tue, 26 May 2009 14:56:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/07/17/festooning-the-tree-of-life/#comment-8134 [...] Festooning The Tree Of Life [...] [...] Festooning The Tree Of Life [...]

]]> By: Darwin re-visited - Page 55 - Science Forums http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/07/17/festooning-the-tree-of-life/#comment-8133 Darwin re-visited - Page 55 - Science Forums Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:43:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/07/17/festooning-the-tree-of-life/#comment-8133 [...] Posted by Zimmer Festooning The Tree Of Life | The Loom | Discover Magazine Bacteria and other single-celled microbes make up much more of life’s genetic diversity, and [...] [...] Posted by Zimmer Festooning The Tree Of Life | The Loom | Discover Magazine Bacteria and other single-celled microbes make up much more of life’s genetic diversity, and [...]

]]> By: Darwin re-visited - Page 55 - Science Forums http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/07/17/festooning-the-tree-of-life/#comment-8132 Darwin re-visited - Page 55 - Science Forums Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:52:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/07/17/festooning-the-tree-of-life/#comment-8132 [...] Posted by Zimmer Festooning The Tree Of Life | The Loom | Discover Magazine Bacteria and other single-celled microbes make up much more of life [...] Posted by Zimmer Festooning The Tree Of Life | The Loom | Discover Magazine Bacteria and other single-celled microbes make up much more of life

]]> By: Torbjörn Larsson, OM http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/07/17/festooning-the-tree-of-life/#comment-8131 Torbjörn Larsson, OM Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:59:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/07/17/festooning-the-tree-of-life/#comment-8131 Life intervened, but finally returning to old threads FWIW: <blockquote> is there still a prediction that can be made, or does it become an unfalsifiable mess? </blockquote> I think that is debated, but molecular phylogenies are perhaps testable. Life intervened, but finally returning to old threads FWIW:

is there still a prediction that can be made, or does it become an unfalsifiable mess?

I think that is debated, but molecular phylogenies are perhaps testable.

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